combinable

American  

[kuhm-bahy-nuh-buhl] / kəmˈbaɪ nə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of combining or being combined.

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Other Word Forms

• combinability noun
• combinableness noun
• combinably adverb
• uncombinable adjective
• uncombinably adverb

Etymology

Origin of combinable

First recorded in 1740–50; combine + -able

Example Sentences

There are sixteen possible combinations of premisses, each of the four types of proposition being combinable with itself and with each of the others.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Grammar, or something grammatical, also causes the prejudice in people's minds, that the reality of language lies in isolated and combinable words, not in living discourse among expressive organisms, rationally indivisible.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

The low price and extensive holdings, the want of combinable laborers, and the imperfect organisation of its social fabric, seemed to account for its disasters.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John

In their doctrine and genius they may seem to be too much opposed to be at all convergent or combinable in their wisdom.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George

The opinion that the pan�ther, as it is best called, is not atomic in its constitution, while all the combinable elements are so, is also gaining ground.

From 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century by Hartshorne, Henry